Galaxy Quest

by David Howard and Robert Gordon, directed by Dean Parisot

Release: 23 December 1999
Format: Feature Film
Genres: Science Fiction, Comedy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Some TV shows (we won’t mention any names) live on for their fans decades after cancellation. The result might be that aliens think the heroes of these shows are real, in which case the aforementioned heroes could be kidnapped to rescue the aforementioned aliens (and to figure out whether the Omega 13 will destroy the universe in 13 seconds or reverse time for that aforementioned number of seconds).

Tim and I watched this at Lake Cushman during a trip to the northwest in 2003, and I was as surprised as anyone about how much we laughed at Tim Allen’s parody.

— Michael Main

Larado: Your orders, sir? [pause] Sir, your orders?
Commander Taggart: Activate the Omega 13. [To be continued . . .]

DEBUT

Galaxy Quest (at movie theaters, Canada, 23 December 1999).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TRANSLATIONS

Translations to French, Portuguese, Spanish

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1970 to 1999: The crew has aged since their 1980s TV show, but it still seems like the 20th century.

Timeline Models

Do Over: The crew gets a do-over of the past 13 seconds.

Time Travel Methods

N-Second/Minute Time Machine: 13 seconds

Fictional Tags

Aliens

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From near-Earth space at an unknown time ⋙ to the same space, 13 seconds earlier. Note: via the Omega 13 mechanism.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

French Title—The French title <em>En quête d'une galaxie</em> is listed at the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0177789%2Freleaseinfo'>IMDb</a> only for French-speaking Canada; the title listed for France is the English title <em>Galaxy Quest.</em>
Dubs and Subtitles—The available dub and subtitle languages are from the back of the Blu-Ray case.